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Feb.06.2011 - 1:14 pm
posted by Cheryl L Snell
We drown in the details— what to bring to potluck, where to meet for coffee. There’s a Starbuck’s on the corner where we once sold lemonade, our homemade sign coming apart in an attic somewhere. We...
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Nov.09.2011 - 5:24 pm
posted by Erica Jong, Ph.D.
"At the time I wrote Fear of Flying," recalls Erica Jong, "there was not a book that said women are romantic, women are intellectual, women are sexual—and brought all those things together."...
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Aug.19.2011 - 1:42 pm
posted by Larry R. Smith
Here a short poem video I've made this day to share. It uses my poem WALKING A FIELD INTO EVENING which has been printed in several places, most recently in Yoga International magazine. Peace
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Apr.08.2011 - 12:06 pm
posted by Deborah Santana
Strand Book Store, New York- February 23, 2011
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Aug.03.2009 - 8:46 am
posted by John Y. Cole
Confessions of a Loyal Librarian Redroom.com presents exclusive video of John Y. Cole, a historian of the Library of Congress and founding director of its Center for the Book. John has worked at the...
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Dec.29.2010 - 9:43 pm
posted by Salman Rushdie
Celebrated author Salman Rushdie talks to NDTV's Barkha Dutt on his latest book Luka and the Fire of Life. Rushdie says his new book is a product of the strong desire of his younger son Milan.
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May.30.2011 - 2:33 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Andrew Lam reads his essay, "Afghanistan Can't Wash Away Vietnam" from "New California Writing" - an anthology of writing about California by Californian Writers. He is the author of East Eats West:...
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Nov.28.2010 - 4:29 pm
posted by Midge Raymond
A cautionary tale about husband-and-wife authors, "Love in the Time of Amazon.com," by John Yunker and Midge Raymond. And a book trailer (of sorts) for The Tourist Trail by John Yunker and Forgetting...
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Jul.25.2012 - 12:36 pm
posted by China Galland
Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal a Nation documents the powerful racial conflict over the right to visit cemeteries and to know your ancestors.  This work in progress follows two...
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May.06.2013 - 6:42 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky reads three poems at Broken Poetry Tremont Crawl, Cleveland, April 22, 2013.
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May.06.2013 - 6:38 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky reads a prose poem "It" at Broken Pulpit Poetry Festival in Cleveland, April 21, 2013.
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May.06.2013 - 7:05 am
posted by Terry Spear
All she wants is the truth…. Lelandi Wildhaven is determined to discover the truth about her beloved sister’s mysterious death.But everyone thinks she’s out to make a bid for her sister’s widowed...
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May.04.2013 - 12:32 pm
posted by Doris Collier
Hello everyone
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May.03.2013 - 2:08 pm
posted by Doris Collier
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May.03.2013 - 8:08 am
posted by Terry Spear
Army officer Deidre Roux has hidden her psychic abilities until now. But ominous visions plague her and between the martial arts tactics her twin brother taught her and the hand-to-hand combat she...
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May.01.2013 - 9:28 am
posted by Barbara Froman
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Apr.30.2013 - 1:04 pm
posted by Geling Yan
柏林电影节开幕 严歌苓十三年后再走柏林红毯 Short, impromptu interview in Chinese on the red carpet at the opening of the Berlinale, February 2013.
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Apr.30.2013 - 1:00 pm
posted by Geling Yan
采访中国作家阿来、莫言和严歌苓 Chinese-language Interviews at the London Book Fair of Authors A Lai, Mo Yan and Yan Geling.  (Yan Geling's starts around minute 5:00).  Not great production values but good...
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Sep.12.2008 - 4:29 pm
posted by Thich Nhat Hanh
TIME's David Van Biema recently interviewed Thich Nhat Hahn, the famous zen monk who helped lead protests in the 1960s during the war in his native Vietnam.
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Sep.12.2008 - 4:26 pm
posted by Thich Nhat Hanh
In this excerpt, Thich Nhat Hanh speaks about the intensity of anger and grief that human nature is heir to.
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Aug.06.2009 - 3:18 pm
Steven Travers with Rob Fukuzaki at the L.A. Coliseum on ABC/7's "Sports Zone" in Los Angeles.
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Jul.09.2012 - 3:05 pm
posted by Deborah Lindquist
I recently did a photoshoot of my own version of Cinderella. Since wedding dresses have been my main focus lately, I thought it would be fun to shoot a fairytale love story.  It’s a romantic...
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Jul.30.2008 - 2:02 pm
posted by Christopher Meeks
Christopher Meeks introduces his first short story collection, "The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea," which mixes drama and humor. As the Los Angeles Times described this book, It's "poignant and wise,...
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Dec.13.2011 - 4:21 am
posted by Geling Yan
A U.S. trailer for "The Flowers of War," based on my work, has just been released. It reveals more of the story than the Chinese trailer does: http://youtu.be/5w9B7AidyaU I don't know of any other...
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Oct.01.2012 - 12:18 pm
posted by Bill Denham
New from Painted Tongue Press . . .                         This small letterpress...
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Nov.30.2007 - 6:39 pm
posted by Po Bronson
This video was made for Bronson's British publisher in 1993 to show the writing closet (isolation chamber) where he wrote his first novel, Bombardiers.
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Apr.03.2009 - 9:34 am
posted by Beverly Cleary
When Julie Christopher from HarperCollins Children's Books contacted me to videotape an interview with Beverly Cleary I was thrilled. After all, she was my favorite author as a child. Now 35 years...
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Oct.12.2011 - 9:51 am
posted by Sherry Jones
The world premiere -- five favorite pages -- of my novel, "Four Sisters, All Queens," debuting May 2012 from Simon and Schuster Gallery.
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